January 3rd, 1980 - President Carter Delays Consideration of SALT II Treaty

            In response to the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan in Christmas of 1979, President Carter has made the decision to delay the consideration and approval of the SALT II treaty drawn up in June 1979. Despite the delay of approval, President Carter stated that the agreements made in the treaty would remain unaltered and both sides had to refrain from taking any other actions in the mean time that would possibly go against the treaty. This would not stand as in 1984 and 1985; President Reagan stated he had plans of canceling the SALT II treaty after an apparent break in the deal by the Soviet Union.